The city of Chicago is ordered to pay nearly $80M for a police chase that killed a 10-year-old girl

Nearly $80M awarded to family of girl killed in Chicago police chase

The family of a 10-year-old girl who was killed during a police chase in Auburn Gresham more than four years ago was awarded nearly $79.85 million by a jury Wednesday evening, December 11. Lawyers representing the family of Da’Karia Spicer reportedly asked the jury to award them more than $140 million. The city’s attorneys requested […]

The city of Chicago is ordered to pay nearly $80M for a police chase that killed a 10-year-old girl

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury awarded nearly $80 million to the family of a 10-year-old Chicago girl who was killed during a police chase and crash in 2020. The

Jury awards nearly $80 million to family of girl killed in crash stemming from Chicago Police pursuit

Jury awards nearly $80M to family of girl killed in crash stemming from CPD pursuit

Jury awards nearly $80 million in 2020 crash that killed a 10-year-old girl

The family of a girl who was fatally struck inside a vehicle by a Mercedes fleeing Chicago police four years ago was awarded nearly $80 million by a Cook County jury on Wednesday. The 2020 crash killed Da’Karia Spicer and severely injured her 5-year-old brother. Police had tried to pull over the Mercedes in September 2020, but the driver sped west on 80th Street and first crashed into a gray car driven by a 57-year-old woman before striking the …

Family of 10-year-old killed in Chicago police chase crash awarded $79.5M in damages

CHICAGO — A jury awarded the family of a 10-year-old girl killed in a September 2020 crash on the city's South Side after a car fled police almost $80 million in damages. Wednesday's $79.85 million verdict comes following a lengthy court battle. Da’Karia Spicer was riding with her father and 5-year-old brother, Dhaamir, to pick up a laptop at Foster Park Elementary School when officers tried to conduct a traffic stop in Chicago's Auburn Gresha…

Family awarded nearly $80M after CPD chase led to 2020 crash that killed 10-year-old girl

A family has been awarded nearly $80M after a Chicago police chase led to a 2020 crash that killed 10-year-old Da'Karia Spicer.